#228D80#228D80

#228D80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D80
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -32.39, -1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 32.43, 182.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.0947 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.095 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0790, 20.9467, 23.7190)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D80 #8D222F

analogous

#228D4B #228D80 #22658D

triadic

#228D80 #80228D #8D8022

tetradic

#228D80 #4B228D #8D222F #658D22

square

#228D80 #4B228D #8D222F #658D22

split-complementary

#228D80 #8D2265 #8D4B22

monochromatic

#0A2A26 #165C53 #228D80 #2EBEAD #54D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#228D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#228D80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D80

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D80	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa4',
    500: '#228d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d80;
$custom-light: #70afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.71,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58208,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D80

secondary

#B9515E

accent

#4457E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D80

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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